Rewinding device



Oct. 13, 1 5. 1,557,450

E. FULDA REWINDING DEVICE Filed Sept. 15. 1924 INVENTOR r/MM PatentedOct. 13, 1925.

UNITED STATES 1,557,450 PATENT OFFICE."

EDWARD FULCDA, or new YORK, N. Y. j

REWINDING DEVICE.

Application filed September 13, 1924. Serial No. 737,519.

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My invention has for its object the production of a simple andinexpensive device adapted to be attached to or be associated with areel, pulley or other rotatable member whereby a flexible member such asa string or cord may be wound like a honeycomb from side to side on thehub of the retatable member thereby preventing tangling of the flexiblemember, In one of its applications the invention is adapted for use as ameans for winding coils such as honeycomb coils as used in the radioart.

In the accompanying drawing showing a practical embodiment of theinvention:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of areel show ing the device of my inventionapplied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the device. Fig. 8 is a front elevationof a modification.

Fig. 4; is a side elevation (partly in sec- 1 tion) of the device.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a modification.

Referring in detail to the several figures of the drawing:

1 indicates the side walls of a reel which may be connected together bybraces or con necting members 2, said side walls having mounted thereinany suitable rotatable hub 3 on which may be wound a string, cord orother flexible member 4:. The hub 3 is connected to a crank or handle 5for rotating the same, while one of the lower connecting members 2 hassecured thereto a clamping plate 6 adapted to be secured to any membersuch as a fishing pole.

7 indicates the arms of a support'S which is provided with a slot 9therein. Said arms are detachably connected, as by the screws as shown,to the side walls 1. 10 indicates a lower plate which is fastened to anupper plate 11 by screws or otherwise. Said upper plate is provided withan oval-shaped continuous slot 12 therein and has fastened to the underside thereof a member 13 which preferably follows the contour of saidslot. The outer wall or edge of said member 13 is toothed to provide arack 14:, said member having a flange 1 5 fastened to the undersidethereof. Secured to the lower plate 10 is a screw-threaded pin 16extending through the slot 9 in the support 8 and receiving a thumb nut17 whereby the device as a unit may be turned to a number of differentpositions and clamped inthe position desired. (See dotted lines in Fig.1,)

A pulley or roller 18 has a pin or shaft 19 secured thereto, said pincarrying a pinion or gear 20 meshing with the rack 14. A flange 21 isalso preferably attached to the lower end of the pin and extends beneaththe flange 15. When it is desired to wind the cord 4 on the hub of thereel it is merely necessaryto loop it around the pulley 18 as H shown inFig. 1 and to rotate the handle 5. The pull of the cord 0n the pulleycauses it to travel over and around the slot 12 as is obvious, themeshing of the pinion 20 with the rack 14 acting to steady the movementand to prevent too sudden an increase in the speed of the pulley. Thecord will be wound up on the hub from side to side thereof and willconstantly cross and re-cross itself thereby preventing tanglingthereof. In

some cases, depending on thewidth of the hub, it may be desirable toshift the position of the device to that shown in dotted lines in Fig.1, or to other positions whereb the width of the windings willbedecreaseIn the modification illustrated in Fig. 3 I provide a constructionadapted to be attached to a fishing or other rod instead of to the reelitself as in the preferred form and comprising arod 22 provided with ahinged clamp 23 on its end whereby it may be detachably clamped to a rod24. The upper end of the rod 22 is forked. as shown, the forked membersbeing connected together by a strip 24 which may be integral with saidforked members if so desired. The said strip is slotted and receives ascrew 25 fastened to a lower plate 26 engaging said strip 2&, the plate26 and strip 24; being held in the desired relative position by a nutthreading on said screw. The ends of the lower plate 26 are bent up andoutwardly to provide flanges 27 secured to an upper plate 28 by suitablescrews or otherwise, the construction of the pulley, rack and otheradjacent parts being similar to that of the preferred form of theinvention.

In the modification of Fig. 5 I have changed the configuration of thedevice somewhat although it may be supported in the same manner as inthe other cases. In said figure in the upper plate is indicated at 29and is provided with a V-shaped slot 30 within and around which theroller or pulley travels. This shape of slot might slow the speed ofcross travel of the cord on the hub of the reel but it would bring thewindings more nearly parallel and would be particularly applicable toreels on which the device would be permanently attached.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In combination with a reel provided with a rotatable hub adapted tohave a flexible member wound thereon, means for guiding said flexiblemember when being wound upon said reel, said means comprising a support,a pulley projecting outwardly from said support and connected thereto bymeans extending from one face of said pulley only, and means operated byrotation of said pulley for moving said flexible member transversely 0tsaid reel.

2. In combination with a reel provided with a rotatable hub adapted tohave a flexible member wound thereon, of a supporting plate providedwith a continuous slot therein, a pulley adapted to rotate and to ridein said slot and to receive said flexible member, means operated by saidpulley for causing said pulley to move along said slot, and means forshifting the position of said supporting plate. 7

' 3. In combination with a reel provided with a rotatable hub adapted tohave a flexible member wound thereon, of a support adapted to bedetachably connected to said reel, a plate connected to said support andprovided with a slot therein, a pulley adapted to ride in said slot andto receive said flexible member, means operated by said pulley forcausing'said pulley to ride in said slot, and means for changing theposition of said plate as respects said support.

4, In combination with a reel provided with a rotatable hub and adaptedto have a flexible member wound thereon, of a support adapted to beconnected to said reel, a plate connected with said support and providedwith a continuous slot therein, a rack adjacent said slot, a pinextending through said slot, a pinion on said pin meshing with said rackand a pulley on said pin adapted to have said flexible member connectedthereto.

5. In combination with a. reel provided with a rotatable hub adapted tohave a flexible member wound thereon,'ot a slotted sup-' port adapted tobe connected to said reel, a plate provided with a pin extending throughthe slot of said support and carrying clam-ping means thereoin-a secondplate connected to said first-named plate and provided with acontinuous'slot therein, a rack adjacent said last-na1ned slot, a pinextending through said slot and meshing with said rack, a flange onsaid-pin extending beneath said rack and a pulley connected to said pinand adapted to have said flexible member looped therearound. u

6. In combination with a reel provided with a rotatable hub adapted tohave a flexi ble member mounted thereon, of a guiding mechanism for saidflexible member comprising a support provided with astationary rack, arotatable shaft carrying a pinion adjacent one end in mesh with saidrack and having the other end thereof extended outwardly. beyond saidsupport, a pulley mounted on the extended end of said shaft, said pulleybeing adapted to receive said flexible member and to be rotated thereby.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 12th day of September-AD. 192 i.

EDWARD FULDA.

